Title: Suffragettes and SuffragettismAuthor : A. A. LyonDate Created: 1915-09Abstract: Written by a Nashville physician and suffrage opponent after the National American Woman Suffrage Association met in Nashville in 1914, this anti-suffrage pamphlet contains Lyon`s opinions of the suffragettes and his rationalization for limited suffrage and political involvement for women. Among his arguments against woman suffrage are assertions that many women will only vote as men tell them and that universal suffrage will "enfranchies four or five million negresses."Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and ArchivesURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001605add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Letter on Civil Rights, 1964Author : Albert Gore, 1907-1998Date Created: 1964-01-31Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to Tennesseans concerned about status of bills HR-7152 and S-1731, the proposed civil rights legislation submitted for consideration to Congress by President Kennedy during June 1963.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate CollectionContributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research CenterURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002582add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Letter on Civil Rights, Fisk University, 2Author : Albert Gore, 1907-1998Date Created: 1963-08-02Abstract: This letter is one in a chain of correspondence between Senator Albert Gore and Fisk University`s Dean of Chapel, Dr. Lawrence N. Jones. The two men are discussing Senate Bill S-1731, proposed civil rights legislation submitted for consideration to Congress by President Kennedy during June 1963.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate CollectionContributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research CenterURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002580add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Letter on Voting Rights, 1965Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998Date Created: 1965-03-25Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to Tennesseans who contacted the senator with their views on the recent violence in Selma, Alabama. On March 7, 1965, civil rights marchers protesting restrictive voting laws for blacks in Selma were attacked by state troopers and local authorities.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate CollectionContributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research CenterURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002565add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Letter on Ole Miss IncidentAuthor : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998Date Created: 1962-10-09Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to Tennesseans who contacted him with their thoughts regarding developments at the University of Mississippi. Outraged college students and citizens rioted on September 20, 1962, in reaction to desegregation attempts on campus. Two people died as a result of the events.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate CollectionContributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research CenterURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002560add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Letter on Law and Order, 2Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998Date Created: 1968-07-11Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to a citizen concerned about gun control legislation and protection against rioters and marchers. Gore briefly explains his views in respect to the "recently approved anti-crime bill" in this letter. Identifying information has been removed to protect the identities of private citizens.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate CollectionContributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research CenterURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002575add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: American NationalistPublisher : American Nationalist PartyDate Created: 1952 - 1960Abstract: This is a flyer from a white supremacist, anti-integration group in California. This flyer warns of the "plot to impose `Black Supremacy` upon the South".Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Edmund Orgill PapersContributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003245add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: [Letter] 1850 Jul. 17 [to] Alex[ander D. Coffee]Author : Andrew Jackson CoffeeRecipient : Alexander D. CoffeeDate Created: 1850-07-17Abstract: This document is a letter written from Andrew Jackson Coffee to his brother Alexander D. Coffee, dated July 17, 1850. The letter speaks of family matters, such as taking over guardianship of their nephew, John Coffee, and the birth of Andrew`s new son. The letter also speaks of events going on in the country, such as General Taylor`s death, disputes over the boundary line of Texas, and the prediction by Andrew that a Civil War is imminent if the South does not get to keep its rights to owning slaves.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003137add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Anonymous in Memphis, Tennessee, to Dalstrom, Edwin in Memphis, TennesseeAuthor : anonymousRecipient : Edward DalstromDate Created: 1958-07-01Abstract: A citizen complaining about "negro" families moving into the Glenview Community of Memphis. The letter threatens to withhold support from the Urban League of which Dalstrom was Chairman.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Edwin Dalstrom PapersContributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000799add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Where There's a Will, There's a WayIllustrator : ArmeleeDate Created: 1920-08-10Abstract: This political cartoon shows Colonel Tennessee leaping over a wooden fence (constitutional technicalities) to come to the aid of a young woman (suffrage)stranded on a rock (35th state) while attempting to cross a stream (strong opposition) and reach the other side (36th state). A caption in the upper left corner proclaims "What does one care for a high fence and deep water, when such an opportunity presents itself."Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and ArchivesURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001450add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Letter, March 26 A.D. 1965, Memphis, Tenn. to WarrenCorrespondent : Arnold BlainDate Created: 1965-03-26Abstract: This letter describes the experiences of Arnold Blain and John Wesley at the Montgomery March in Montgomery, Alabama. The letter was written the day after the march. The men travelled to Montgomery from Memphis. A note is attached to the letter. It was written by Selma Lewis and addressed to Jim Johnson at the history department of the Memphis Public Library. Mrs. Lewis provided this photocopy of the letter to the library. The note provides brief biographical information on both men. The note is dated "1/5/89."Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Contributing Institution: Memphis Public LibraryURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001906add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Association of Citizens` Councils flyerAuthor : Association of Citizens` Councils of MississippiDate Created: 1954Abstract: Association of Citizens` Councils flyer presenting venereal disease statistics in order to claim that integration would be harmful to whites. There is a story about integration hurting schools on the back side. The Association of Citizens` Councils was a pro-white, anti-integration organization founded in Mississippi in 1954.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Dalton Segregation DocumentsContributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001029add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Is segregation unchristian?Author : Association of Citizens` Councils of MississippiDate Created: 1954Abstract: Association of Citizens` Councils flyer presenting biblical quotations in order to claim that segregation is consistent with the tenets of Christianity. The Association of Citizens` Councils was a pro-white, anti-integration organization founded in Mississippi in 1954.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Collection: Dalton Segregation DocumentsContributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001030add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Barbour Lewis in Memphis, TN to General John Eaton in Nashville, TNAuthor : Barbour Lewis, 1818-1893Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906Date Created: 1868-07-15Abstract: Lewis laments the physical danger that face Unionists. He suggests fighting back against the "Ku Klux." Lewis also discusses political difficulties and who will win the African-American vote. Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections LibraryURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001513add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: [Letter] 1831 Feb. 6, Nashville [to] Susan Gallagher, Bangor MaineAuthor : Baynard J SnowdenRecipient : Susan GallagherDate Created: 2008-07-30Abstract: This is a letter dated February 6, 1831 to Susan Gallagher from her brother J. Baynard Snowden of Nashville, Tennessee. Snowden writes of a friend moving to Cincinnati, Ohio in order to protect his children from the effects of slavery. He also writes that he dined with President Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage. Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)Collection: R. B. Snowden Family Papers, 1807-1950Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003138add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, AL, to R. R. Church, Jr. in Memphis, TNAuthor : Booker T. WashingtonDate Created: 1912-09-09Abstract: A letter from Booker T. Washington to R. R. Church, Jr. expressing his condolences for the death of his father, "a strong man." Mr. Washington goes on to say that he is encouraged that he will "reflect credit upon his [sic] father," and continue to advance the cause of African Americans. Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)Collection: The Robert R. Church Family PapersContributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003299add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Slave ValuationAssociated name : Boulton, CharlesCreator : McClarin, JohnDate Created: 1857-09-08Abstract: An appraisal of the slaves belonging to the Estate of Charles Boulton that lists 13 slaves with supposed ages and estimated values including 3 men, 2 women, 4 boys and 4 girls with eight being under the age of 18. John McClarin is the appraiser and states that the heirs of the estate should sell, since it would be difficult to divide them into 11 shares.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)Collection: Smith County ArchivesContributing Institution: Smith County ArchivesURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002766add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: C.P. Simonton in Covington, TN, to Sue S. White in Washington, D.C.Author : C. P. SimontonDate Created: 1919-05-06Abstract: Simonton wrote this letter to Sue S. White, Chairman of the Tennessee Branch of the National Woman`s Party, with a poem about women`s suffrage.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)Collection: Charles P. Simonton PapersContributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003231add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: C.P. Simonton in Covington, TN, to John F. Shafroth in Washington, D.C.Author : C. P. SimontonDate Created: 1919-02-07Abstract: Shafroth was a Democratic Senator from Colorado. He was one of several politcians to which Simonton sent poems related to political issues. This letter addresses the women`s sufferage ammendment.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)Collection: Charles P. Simonton PapersContributing Institution: University of Memphis Special CollectionsURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001667add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Press release on legal wrangling after ratification of the 19th AmendmentAuthor : National American Woman Suffrage AssociationAuthor : Carrie Chapman Catt, 1859-1947Date Created: 1920-09-23Abstract: This press release contains a 2 page statement by Carrie Chapman Catt about the machinations of the anti-suffragists to derail the ratification of the 19th Amendment by the Tennessee legislature. She refutes their constitutional arguments, calling their efforts "merely filibustering tactics" that were "subversive of majority rule."Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and ArchivesURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001600add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Charles Eaton in Memphis, TN to John Eaton in Washington, D.C.Author : Charles EatonRecipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906Date Created: 1869-03-07Abstract: Charles writes to his brother about the arrest of a member of the Klan and the violence that followed. He describes a very tense and dramatic scene at The Memphis Post that resulted from the report of this arrest. He states his desire to get away from the violence and relocate to the North. The letter is written on letterhead from Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections LibraryURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001514add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: The truth about Columbia Tennessee casesAuthor : Southern Conference for Human WelfareAuthor of introduction : Clark H. Foreman, 1902-1977Date Created: 1946Abstract: This pamphlet presents the results of an investigation into a race-related incident that happened in Columbian, Tennessee on February 25, 1946 by the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. The incident reportedly involved the arrest and abuse by police officials of approximately 100 African-Americans who prevented the lynching of a young African-American Navy veteran. Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: Postwar United States (1945-1970)Contributing Institution: Special Collections, Hoskins Library, University of TennesseeURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001553add to bookbag | view long format in new window

Title: Courting Colonel TennesseeIllustrator : ClubbDate Created: 1920-08-11Abstract: This political cartoon shows a harried Colonel Tennessee on a sofa, his hat on the floor, upturned with its brim labeled 'Tennessee Legislature.' Two young women sit on either side of the Colonel, vying for his attention. One represents 'suffrage' and the other 'anti-suffrage.' A sign tacked up on the wall behind them says 'Special Session,' as the legislature of Tennessee was meeting at the time to decide upon the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.Tennessee State Department of Education Eras: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and ArchivesURL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001453add to bookbag | view long format in new window